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[[Image:seacaving.jpg|thumb|300px|Exploring a sea cave]]
A '''sea cave''', also known as a '''littoral cave''', is a type of [[cave]] formed primarily by the [[wave]] action of the [[sea]].  The primary process involved is erosion.  Sea caves are found throughout the world, actively forming along present coastlines and as [[relict]] sea caves on former coastlines. Some of the largest wave-cut caves in the world are found on the coast of Norway, but(contracted; show full)beyond. This is invariably associated with intersection of a second fault oriented almost perpendicularly to that along the entrance passage. When caves have multiple entrances, they are exposed to more wave action and hence may grow relatively faster. There is an exceptionally large cave underlying the Fogla Skerry, an islet off the coast of Papa Stour, in the Shetland Islands. Though unsurveyed, estimates place it at almost 500 m of passage--meaning it could actually be the world's longest sea cave.
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== References ==

*{{cite book |author=Bunnell, D. |title=Sea Caves of Santa Cruz Island |publisher=McNally and Loftin |location=Santa Barbara, CA |year=1988 }}
*{{cite book |author=Bunnell, D. |title=Sea Caves of Anacapa Island |publisher=McNally and Loftin |location=Santa Barbara, CA |year=1993 }}
*{{cite book |author=Bunnell, D. |chapter=Littoral Caves |editor=Gunn, J. |title=Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn |location=New York |year=2004 |isbn=1579583997}}
*{{cite book |author=Hansom J.D. |chapter=Papa Stour, Shetland |editor=May, V.J., Hansom, J.D. |title=Coastal Geomorphology of Great Britain |publisher=Joint Nature Conservancy Committee, UK |year=2003 |series=Geological Conservation Review Series |volume=28}}
*{{cite journal |author=Moore, D.G. |title=Origin and development of sea caves |journal=National Speleological Society Bulletin |volume=16 |issue= |pages=71–76 |year=1954 }}
*{{cite journal |author=Sjöberg, Rabbe |title=Coastal Caves Indicating Preglacial Morphology in Norway |journal=Cave Science, The Transactions of the British Cave Research Association |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=99–103 |year=1988 }}

== External links ==
{{Commonscat|Sea caves}}
* [http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave/seacaves/seacaves.html Photos and information] on sea caves in the Virtual Cave

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